Jeff stepping down had to do with politics, not ability. He’ll be just fine helping the council achieve great things in 2019 and beyond. I bet a lot of our community agree and will vote accordingly. Please join our AMAs next week. It is nice to see you speaking up more in our social channels.

Maecenas tokenises fine art by creating blockchain-based digital shares giving investors the possibility to own fractions of masterpieces and build fine art portfolios. Maecenas aims to be to fine art what NASDAQ is to the stock market.“NEM is one of the pioneer projects in the crypto space. They have fostered a very strong global community who supports and helps the project advance and implement innovative technology features which are superior to other blockchain projects. We at Maecenas are very excited to join the NEM ecosystem, to learn and benefit from their platform and support, and likewise to showcase and share our learnings and expertise within the asset tokenization space with community members worldwide.” — Marcelo García Casil | Founder & CEOFull post below: https://medium.com/nem-singapore/maecenas-ecosystem-member-a2f6a0a62422

We would like to invite you to join a prestige hackathon organized by Binance. NEM Singapore's Ecosystem Member (BitTemple Singapore) is one of the official organizing partner for pre-hackathon to be held in 12-13th Jan 2019. Theme - Query Platform for Address Security: "Is the address you are sending your crypto to SAFU?"Top 10% of teams will be given a guaranteed spot to compete at the main SAFU (Secured Assets For Users) Hackathon on 19 - 20th Jan 2019, for a chance at a pool of $100,000 & to meet the people behind Binance! Selected teams with non-Singaporean members will have a chance to win up to USD$2,500 in Binance coins (BNB) as travel stipends. High performing participants will be scouted to have an accelerated interview to intern/work with BitTemple's partner companies. Top teams stand a chance to win spots in Binance Lab's incubation programme. Stand a chance to win a 1 month hotdesk pass at BitTemple, as well as 1 year membership and access to global hubsWe would love to welcome you to join the said event. NEM will provide free mentorship on tech and presentations. Kindly hit me an email: [email protected]

Joint Statement by NEM Foundation and NEM LabsAfter careful consideration, NEM Foundation and NEM Labs would like to affirm the below statements:1. Proposals are both complementary in natureBoth parties jointly acknowledge that the proposals put forth to the community are complementary in nature. The proposals can be accomplished in such a way that it improves the outcomes that are being sought after - the development, launch and adoption of Catapult.2. Principles of co-operation collaboration Both parties will work as independent contributors to the ecosystem but in a unified approach. This means that if both proposals are approved, the main commitment is to contribute to the Project Management Committee (PMC). As an additional measure, there will be regular joint strategic meetings in working towards full alignment across both entities to prevent ineffective use of resources. In fact, the execution of each party’s proposal will lead to an enhancement of each other’s effort through the principles of cooperation and collaboration.3. Pursuit of CatapultBoth parties have their own scope, though we will be working towards the same objective - a promise to the community that our mission-critical priority is in the launch of Catapult. Both NEM Foundation and NEM Labs will work together to accomplish this as part of the same ecosystem.SummaryThe past days have shown that the NEM community demands purpose driven entities that can deliver results in a cost-effective way. Both NEM Foundation and NEM Labs have different scopes that complement each other. The reality is that the adoption of NEM is not the work of a single entity. Proven ecosystems all consist of multiple purpose driven entities that solve specific problems. We are convinced of a future where independent entities like NEM Foundation and NEM Labs solve specific problems for the NEM ecosystem in a unified approach.We appreciate that the community review the proposals and vote in an informed manner:Link to NEM Foundation proposal: https://forum.nem.io/t/nem-foundation-funding-proposal-2019/Link to NEM Labs proposal:https://forum.nem.io/t/nem-labs-community-proposal-poi/

https://forum.nem.io/t/nem-team-community-proposal-poi/22183 Last day to vote and help not only NEM Labs developer stay with NEM while their proposal is not approved but also new ones join after approval by core devs.

NEM will be hosting a talk at First City University College (FCUC) in conjunction with its Innovation Day 2019.Join and learn why you should care about Blockchain technology.Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3333107403381491/https://bit.ly/2WU9ak1